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In this second edition of introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging richard buxton a leading authority on fmri provides an invaluable guide to how fmri works from introducing the basic ideas and principles to the underlying physics and physiology. Introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging principles and techniques by richard b buxton 2002 cambridge cambridge university press price 95 isbn 0521581133 there can be no argument that magnetic resonance imaging mri has revolutionised basic and clinical neuroscience . Functional magnetic resonance imaging fmri is now a standard tool for mapping activation patterns in the human brain this highly interdisciplinary field involves neuroscientists and physicists as well as clinicians who need to understand the rapidly increasing range flexibility and sophistication of the techniques. An introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging is an invaluable introduction to how fmri works from basic principles and underlying physics and physiology to newer techniques such as arterial spin labeling and diffusion tensor imaging. Functional magnetic resonance imaging fmri has become a standard tool for mapping the working brains activation patterns both in health and in disease it is an interdisciplinary field and crosses the borders of neuroscience psychology psychiatry radiology mathematics physics and engineering developments in techniques procedures and our understanding of this field are expanding rapidly